EYE LID BUMP: STYE & CHALAZION

Your eyelid has tiny glands that produce an oily substance to help keep your eyes moist. When one of those glands gets blocked, you can get a chalazion.

Typically, styes are painful to touch, while a chalazion is not.

Appearance: A stye shows redness and swelling on the eyelid margin, resembling a white bump. On the other hand, a chalazion often appears as a firm, round lump on the eyelid.

Onset and progression: Styes emerge suddenly, becoming painful quickly, often with visible pus. In contrast, chalazion slowly develop as painless lumps on the eyelid and can persist for weeks or months.

At first, the chalazion may be painful, but after a little time, it usually doesn’t hurt.

Chalazionis not contagious.

Have had a chalazion before

Have chronic blepharitis,

Have dandruff/dry skin

Poor face & hand hygiene frequent travelling

Warm compress

Antibiotic ointment

Oral medication

With proper management, a stye should heal in a week. If left untreated, it can take four to six weeks to heal. Some can persist for many months

Indications for surgical treatment include the following:

A large chalazion

A chalazion that does not respond to conservative management

Multiple chalazion

A chalazion causing significant astigmatic refractive error due to mechanical effects on the cornea